Fruit-coring utensil



Oct. 7, 1952 P.- G. BURCH FRUIT-comm; UTENsIL Filed Aug. 19. 1949INVENTOR. PQ ax, C3. Ez/Haw @ma 1f 9a/#idowa Patented Oct. 7, 19,52

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Application'August 19, 1949, Serial No.111,204

1 claim. l

This invention relates to coring devices for removing cores from fruit,vegetables, and the like, and more particularly to a coring knife forremoving fruit cores.

A main object of the invention is to provide a novel and improved coringknife which is very simple in construction, which is easy to operate,and which enables the operator to remove core material and seeds fromthe interior of fruit, such as apples, pears and the like in a veryshort period of time.

A further object of the invention is to provide an improved fruit-coringknife which is very instruction, and which is easy to sharpen.

Further objects and advantages of the invening axially through thefruit, and with the semicircular portion I8 located in the region of thecore, and the blade is then rotated around the axis defined by edge I6,whereby the portions of the core are swept around said axis and aresevered from the body of the fruit. The blade is rey then ready for use,either in cooking or for raw expensive to manufacture, which is sturdyin contion will become apparent from the following description andclaim, and from the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a side elevational view, partly in cross-section, of afruit-coring knife constructed in accordance with the present invention;I

Figure 2 is a top plan view of the fruit-coring knife of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a cross-sectional View `taken on line 3-3 of Figure 1.

Referring to the drawings, the fruit-coring knife is designatedgenerally at II. The knife comprises a flat blade I2 having a straightshank portion I3 which, is received in a handle I4 and secured thereto,as by rivets I5. The blade I2 has a straight edge I6 on one sidethereof, the edge I6 being relatively dull, and the opposite edge of theblade, shown at I'I, being beveled and ground to define a sharp cuttingedge. The sharp edge I 'I is parallel to the blunt edge I6 for asubstantial distance from handle I4, and then is formed with asubstantially semi-circular, outwardly-extending portion I8. Beyond thesemicircular portion I8 the sharp edge I'I tapers toward the end of theblade to define a sharp point I9.

In removing the core from fruit, such as from an apple, pear, or thelike, the blade I2 is inserted in the fruit, with the straight edge I6extending axially through the fruit and the semicircular portion I8extending adjacent the seed sac thereof. The blade is inserted andremoved several times at different angular positions around the axis ofthe fruit to loosen portions of the core and to cut through the fibersholding the core with respect to the remainder of the fruit. Afterseveral such operations, the blade is inserted, again with the straightedge I6 extendconsumption.

While a specific embodiment of a coring knife has been disclosed in theforegoing description, it will be understood that various modificationswithin the spirit of the invention may occur to those skilled in theart. Therefore, it is intended that no limitations be placed on theinvention except as defined by the scope of the appended claim.

What is'claimed is: V

A knife for coring fruit, such as apples and pears, comprising anelongated flat blade having one substantially straight edge, one endportion of said blade constituting a shank having substantially paralleledges, a handle receiving and secured to said shank, and an extensionproiecting from the other edge of said blade at a location spaced fromsaid handle and having a substantially semicircular edge, the portion ofsaid other edge between said handle and said projection beingsubstantially parallel to said one edge and the portion of said otherledge at the side of said projection remote from said handle beinginclined to meet said one edge at the end of said blade remote from saidhandle, the semicircular edge of said projection being disposed in acommon plane with said other edge of said blade and said other edge ofthe blade and semicircular edge of said projection being beveled to asharp condition.

PAUL G. BURCH.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file-ofthis patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,095,706 Chapman May 5, 19141,270,040 Miller June 18, 1918

